France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has vowed not to give up after she was found guilty of embezzlement and banned from taking part in elections, slamming her conviction as a “political decision”.
The bombshell judgement, which could crush Le Pen’s dream of winning the French presidency in 2027, has stunned the country’s political establishment.
“I won’t give up,” Le Pen told members of her National Rally party and supporters, who packed the Place Vauban, with the glittering golden dome of the Hotel National des Invalides, one of the French capital’s best-known landmarks, in the background.
She denounced a “witch hunt” against her party as supporters…